Attendees are asked to arrive at 6:45 p.m. for registration. Parking and the entrance are available in the rear of the building. Seating is limited and pre-registration is required. To reserve a space, call (516) 663-8300.
Winthrop-University Hospital hosted the Boston Scientific Mobile Simulation Training Unit on May 14 to provide state-of-the-art, hands-on training for the Hospital's Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory physicians and staff.
"While Winthrop's Interventional Cardiology and Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery programs are both recognized state-wide for their excellent outcomes, simulated training such as the one conducted in Boston Scientific's Mobile Simulation Training Unit is an important avenue for our physicians and clinical staff to gain further proficiency in the latest techniques and technologies for the treatment of diseases such as coronary artery disease and stroke," said Srihari S. Naidu, MD, director of the Cardiac Catherization Laboratory at Winthrop-University Hospital.
The Boston Scientific Mobile Simulation Unit includes a pre-procedure patient briefing area, an area for performing interventions on a mock patient named Simantha, and post-procedure care and evaluation stations to further advance participants' proficiency in interventions such as angioplasty and stent placement. More advanced techniques utilizing FilterWire EZ for carotid and coronary artery stenting procedures, and rotational atherectomy - a small rotating cutting blade used to open a narrowed artery and improve blood flow - were also available. In addition, physicians had the opportunity to carry out mock procedures on a simulated patient with common co-existing conditions such as high blood pressure, to assist their management skills of complications which can arise during surgery.
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Graham works with HIICAP, the Health Insurance Information Counseling and Assistance Program that is made possible with funding from the Nassau County Department of Senior Citizen Affairs through the New York State Office for Aging and the United States Administration on Aging.
Health Update for Seniors is a free community health education program presented by Winthrop's Institute for Family Care and Geriatric Health Services and the Winthrop Home Health Agency. For information on other programs at the hospital, please call 1-866-WINTHROP.
